Anthurium argyrostachyum Sodiro belongs to the Araceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Anthurium argyrostachyum, Croat93410--Ecuador. Prov. Cotopaxi. Guayacan- Pucayacu. 14 Aug 04. 057.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anthurium
Specific Epithet
argyrostachyum
Authorship
Sodiro
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#60,209 of 335,497
Top 18%
Extinction probability
11%
Location
Ecuador, Cotopaxi
-0.868889, -79.159167
Location Remarks
Along road from Guayacan to Pucayacú, Departing main Quevedo-Latacunga Hwy. (23.2 km W of Cotopaxi-Los Ríos border 0.8 km N of Guayacan, 8.4 km S of Guasaganda.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Terrestrial on steep bank; internodes to 6 cm long, 1.5-1.8 cm diam., light gray-brown, weakly transverse-fissured; cataphylls deciduous; petioles subterete, medium to dark green, matte, narrowly and obtusely sulcate; blades thin, dark green and semiglossy above, moderately paler and matte below; midrib acute and concolorous above, narrowly round-raised and paler below; primary lateral veins etched-sunken and concolorous above, narrowly raised and concolorous below; inflorescence erect; spathe medium green, spreading; spadix dark bluish green, glaucous.
